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AMC Theatres, the largest exhibitor in the US, has entered the streaming business with a movies on-demand model offering close to 2,000 newer releases and library titles exclusively for its AMC Stubs loyalty members.

European pay TV group Sky has launched a new standalone virtual pay TV service in Austria. Sky X provides access to live TV channels across all genres as well as on-demand content, dependant on the subscription tier chosen.

The BBC and ITV have confirmed plans to jointly launch a paid-for streaming service in the UK by the end of 2019. The service will be called BritBox and will offer mainly archive BBC and ITV shows alongside with original commissions made especially for the new service.

After more than five years, German virtual pay TV operator Magine TV has ceased its direct to consumer offering. Magine TV stopped offering new subscriptions as of 28 January 2019 and will officially close operations a month later, on 28 February.

New regulation signed off by the French Ministry of Culture has significantly reduced the windowing of movie titles following their theatrical release. The likes of Canal Plus will be able to show films on their pay TV services as early as six months after release in theatres, a reduction of four months from previous regulation.

IHS Markit has made revisions to transactional movies and TV revenues generated in the UK video sector across pay TV and online platforms. The revisions are a result of improved visibility on transactions and revenues based on conversations and data reviews with key players in the market including major Hollywood studios, pay TV platforms and online services.

Incumbent German telco Deutsche Telekom have launched a virtual pay TV offer of its IPTV service. Magenta TV Plus is now available on a standalone basis, in addition to previously available multiscreen offer.

The latest research by IHS Markit shows that Netflix has a substantial lead over providers both global and local in the French OTT subscription video market and will maintain this lead over the next five years.

Dutch telco KPN is to close its over-the-top service KPN Play on 2 July. Another local on demand venture, Knippr from T-Mobile, closed officially on 1 June. Meanwhile, commercial broadcaster RTL has consolidated their Videoland and RTL XL OTT subscription brands and launched a new hybrid subscription package.

The Amazon Prime Video app is to be made available via UK telco BT’s TV set-top boxes in June 2018, a major partnership deal for the global e-commerce and online video giant in one of its most developed markets.

Pay TV operator Sky Deutschland has launched Sky Show, a new subscription video service in Switzerland. The service offers Sky’s extensive library of TV and movies, including first run TV titles such as Game of Thrones, as well Sky’s original productions.

Discovery Communications and ProSiebenSat.1’s joint venture has begun with the addition of Discovery’s DMAX and TLC free to air channels to 7TV, ProSiebenSat.1’s aggregated catch up and live streaming service.

20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures have joined Movies Anywhere, the rights locker and playback service led by Walt Disney Co. The new service syncs purchase records for movies consumers have bought from different online movie stores or via redeemable codes includes with DVD and Blu-ray disks.

German media giant ProSiebenSat.1 has closed down its online entertainment platform MyVideo. Since its launch in 2006, MyVideo’s offerings have gone through various iterations and have included music, movie and video game news as well as both paid and free to view online video content.

Sky Sport has launched as an online-only service in Switzerland. Offering live matches from the German Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League as well as tennis, ice hockey, handball and more, Sky Sport is available without a long-term contract, with a monthly subscription of SFr 19.00 ($19.75). Yesterday's launch coincides with the start of the new Bundesliga season.

Amazon will close its DVD and Blu-Ray by mail service LoveFilm in the UK and Germany - its last remaining regions on 31st October this year. The termination comes 15 years after LoveFilm's original founding in 2002 as ‘DVDsOnTap’ and 6 years after Amazon’s acquisition of the brand in 2011.

Sky Deutschland, the German arm of pan-European pay TV operator Sky, has acquired Swiss online-video provider Homedia, which operates under the HollyStar brand. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

Unitymedia, the German arm of international pay TV provider Liberty Global, has added Netflix to its Horizon set-top-box platform. The move is a part of the ongoing rollout of Netflix on Liberty’s TV platforms in Europe and Latin America.